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Fall Out Boy – City In A Garden Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

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This is the chord progression of Fall Out Boy – City In A Garden on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Chorus]
C
Take me home
Em
Take me home
Am
And the streetlights light, light up
Em
To take me home
F
I love you Chicago
C
You make me feel so summer fling
F Em
You know that I know that I owe you everything
C
I love you Chicago

Feel the sorrow hit the bottle
Em
Feel the rush of having no tomorrow, yeah
Am Em
She said, “You gotta find yourself something worth holding onto” (onto)
Onto (onto)

[Pre-Chorus]
F    G Am
You charged me up, charged, charged me up
F       G
I was something they forgot to label “fragile”
Am
Now I’m stuck
F       G
And you know too much, know, know too much
Am F
You’re the one true thing
You’re the one

[Verse 2]
G
And I’m just living out a suitcase
Am
Watch me now, watch me as I drive away
Em
I’m supposed to leave you at the end of the season but I’ll stay (I’ll stay)
I’ll stay (I’ll stay)

[Pre-Chorus]
G F G Am
You charged me up, charged, charged me up
F G
I was something they forgot to label “fragile”
Am
Now I’m stuck
F G
And you know too much, know, know too much
Am F
You’re the one true thing
You’re the one

[Chorus]
C
Take me home
Em
Take me home
Am
And the streetlights light, light up
Em
To take me home
F
I love you Chicago
C
You make me feel so summer fling
F
You know that I know (I know)
Em
That I owe you everything (Everything)
C
Take me home
G D
Take me home
C    Am
And the streetlights light, light up
G
To take me home
E F
I love you Chicago
Fmaj7    C
You make me feel so summer fling (feel so summer fling)
F       Fmaj7
You know that I know (I know, I know, I knowâ¦)
Em
That I owe you everything
Em7 Em C
I love you Chicago

How to play City In A Garden: key, chords and progression

To play City In A Garden by Fall Out Boy, think in C major (no sharps or flats). It takes 9 chords: C, Em, Am, F, G, D, E, Fmaj7 and Em7.

The backbone of the song is F – G – Am – F (IV – V – vi – IV in C major). In solfa, that is fah – soh – lah – fah. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.